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Plan to plug Kumhrar waterlogging

Edit The Telegraph India 14 Sep 2016
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will soon start water-seal the Kumhrar park to prevent any damage to the archaeological remains at the Mauryan heritage site ... ....

Oktoberfest in London - 'O'zapft is'!

Edit Skiddle 14 Sep 2016
Bierschenke in London ... Oktoberfest in London - 'O'zapft is'! on Wed 14th September 2016 ... Bierschenke is everything you could want from Oktoberfest but right here, in London. Authenticity is at the heart of the Bierschenke and staff in traditional Lederhosen and Dirndl, serving real Bavarian beer and traditional meat and sausages from our butcher in Bavaria, is central to delivering this experience....

Passport Day! (Mar Vista Community Council)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Sep 2016
No appointments are necessary, so walk-ins are welcome! Although they normally only accept expedited applications at our counter, on Passport Day they will be accepting both routine and expedited applications ... It's important to keep in mind that minors must appear in person, and for minors under 16 they require consent of both parents, or certified evidence that one parent has sole legal custody.....

Prosecutor: Occupiers being tried for actions, not beliefs

Edit Springfield News-Sun 14 Sep 2016
The armed occupiers who seized a remote bird sanctuary in Oregon early this year are being tried because their actions intimidated and threatened federal employees, not because they challenged the government's land policies, a prosecutor said Tuesday as a trial began for seven people accused in the standoff ... "Everyone in this great nation has a right to his or her beliefs ... The Bundys were arrested in a Jan....

Brill Set to Publish The Journal of African Archaeology (Koninklijke Brill NV)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Sep 2016
We are looking back on 14 successful years in which the Journal of African Archaeology has continuously grown due to the unremitting support of a global scholarly community interested in the archaeology of the African continent ... 'The Journal of African Archaeology and the book series are a welcome addition to our extensive program in African Studies....

Foursquare users have checked in over 10 billion times

Edit Venture Beat 13 Sep 2016
After nearly eight years in the location-based service space, Foursquare announced on Wednesday that more than 10 billion check-ins have been made across its apps. This represents a 42.8 percent increase from a year ago, when the company revealed it had 7 billion total check-ins ... “The check-in powers everything in the company,” said Jonathan “J” Crowley, Foursquare’s vice president of product....

“Jades for Life and Death” Digital Catalog Features Ancient Chinese Jades Collection (Smithsonian Institution)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Sep 2016
'A digital platform like this facilitates easier communication with our archaeological colleagues working in China,' said Keith Wilson, the Freer and Sackler specialist who conceived this online publication ... The 250 detailed entries in the first volume are joined by four essays on the history of the collection, scientific studies and a survey of archaeological work on the Neolithic Liangzhu culture in China by its leading excavator....

Climb inside the head of a museum curator: #AskACurator 2016 (Australian National Maritime Museum)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Sep 2016
This Wednesday, 14 September, we're participating in International #AskACurator Day on Twitter and Facebook ... Simply ask your question using the hashtag #AskACurator and mention @ANMMuseum in your tweet or leave the question on our Facebook post ... In the spirit of National Archaeology Week 2016 we took the opportunity to open the floor to you, our audience and community, with the hashtag #AskAnArchaeologist ... In 'Maritime Archaeology'....

Snail venom holds key to better diabetes treatments

Edit Science Daily 13 Sep 2016
Researchers have successfully determined the three-dimensional structure of a cone snail venom insulin, revealing how these highly efficient natural proteins called Con-Ins G1 can operate faster than human insulin. The teams also discovered that Con-Ins G1 was able bind to human insulin receptors, signifying the potential for its translation into a human therapeutic ... ....

Completion of Kourion Urban Space Project 2016 excavation season (Government of the Republic of Cyprus)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Sep 2016
Davis of the Tandy Institute for Archaeology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth Texas, USA; Dr. Davis was formerly the Director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute in Nicosia from 2003-2011. The Kourion Urban Space project (KUSP) continued in 2016 to uncover evidence of the massive earthquake that destroyed Kourion in the fourth century A.D ... The house was rich in material cultural remains....

Oklahoma news briefs for Sept. 13, 2016

Edit The Oklahoman 13 Sep 2016
The Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center will offer autumnal equinox walks Sept ... and 7 p.m., led by archaeologists and Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center Manager Dennis Peterson ... The fee is $3 for adults and $2 for children in addition to the daily admission fee ... Conference highlights include updates from the Environmental Protection Agency, updates on the yard cleanup, chat piles, blood lead exposure and sediments in the watershed....

Foursquare now lets you use Swarm coins to pay for perks, brings stickers to iMessage

Edit Venture Beat 13 Sep 2016
Foursquare has updated its Swarm app with features that increase engagement and move beyond the check-in ... Launched in 2014 as part of the company’s unbundling effort, Swarm is an application that brings mayorships, check-ins, and fun back into the location-based service ... Tuesday’s release now lets users take advantage of perks they’ve earned through all their check-ins....

Sheikh Musa's tomb to be preserved

Edit The Times of India 13 Sep 2016
Haryana government is planning to declare two monuments - tomb of Sheikh Musa and Jhulti Minar (shaking minarets) - in Mewat district as protected archaeological structures ... An official source told TOI on Monday that the government has approved the proposal of archaeology and museums department, though, a formal notification is yet to be issued ... Sheikh Musa had arrived at the site near Nuh in search of peace and serenity....
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